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Algorithmic pricing: how AI is using your data to set personalised prices online (and how it could all go wrong)

AI is quietly remaking how companies set prices. Not only do prices shift with demand, but firms are increasingly tailoring prices to individual customers based on their data and their algorithms. It raises big questions about fairness, transparency and regulation.

BOM issues its summer forecast: get ready for fires, floods and a farmer's nightmare

Australia is heading into a hotter and in many areas wetter summer, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning of an elevated risk of flooding and fire as temperatures climb.

Switzer Investing TV | 20 Oct 2025: Are rare earths about to get the Lithium hosing? Plus: Can US shares run even higher, and will the ASX200 follow?

We break down the big ideas driving today’s bull market: from rare earths and uranium to the comeback stories in healthcare and banking.

Sussan Ley's Liberals promise tax cuts for the next election

Opposition leader Sussan Ley will commit the opposition to taking a plan to cut personal income tax to the election – despite being unable to foresee what the budgetary and economic circumstances will be by then.

Support for One Nation surges: party set to challenge Greens as third-largest

One Nation is currently polling well ahead of its recent election results, with support high enough to challenge the Greens as Australia’s third-largest party.

Tesla's self-driving car subscription is here: what do you get for $149 a month?

Self-driving cars are on the list of futuristic sci-fi tech we've been promised for years. Along with jetpacks and meals in pill-form. Tesla recently made it a pseudo-reality by unveiling "Full Self-Driving" capabilities on compatible vehicles down under. It'll run you $149 a month, but what does it actually get you? And is seeing believing?

Barnaby Joyce may leave The Nationals to lead One Nation

Joyce is known to have been having talks with Pauline Hanson for some time, but hasn’t confirmed he will join her.

Sydney to consider new Airbnb crackdown

The City of Sydney Council will this week debate a motion that could see a major crackdown on Airbnb and other short-term rental services across the city, with a proposal to introduce a 60-day annual cap on unhosted, short-term rentals.

Australia is getting $40m for more public EV chargers - many of the current ones are rubbish

Most EV drivers charge at home. But when they use the public network, they need to know the charger is working.

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